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Prepare deaf students for the workforce
Author(s) -
Sutton Halley
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
disability compliance for higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-8001
pISSN - 1086-1335
DOI - 10.1002/dhe.30175
Subject(s) - workforce , medical education , engineering , management , library science , political science , sociology , engineering management , medicine , computer science , law , economics
James DeCaro, Ed.D., a senior research professor and dean emeritus at the Rochester Institute of Technology National Technical Institute for the Deaf, has guided deaf students to successful careers in civil engineering since 1971. He shared best practices for preparing deaf students for the workforce, as well as partnering with the community to create a workforce adequately prepared for hiring deaf employees.